INDEX

Adler und Taube, poem by Goethe, 183, 184.

Æschylus, 175.

An Belinden, lyric addressed by Goethe to Lili Schönemann, 252.

An Schwager Kronos, poem by Goethe, 240.

Arnold, Gottfried, his History of the Church and of Heretics, Goethe's study of it, 64, 65.

Arnold, Matthew, 6;
quoted, 140.


Basedow, Johann Bernhard, his character, 227, 228;
his intercourse with Goethe, 228-231.

Beaumarchais, his Mémoires suggest Goethe's Clavigo, 200, 201.

Behrisch, friend of Goethe in Leipzig, his character and influence on Goethe, 39-41, 43, 44.

Bergson, quoted, 175 note.

Berlichingen, Gottfried von, hero of Goethe's play Götz von Berlichingen, 121;
his Memoirs, ib.

Boerhaave, Goethe's study of him, 64.

Böhme, Professor of History in Leipzig, Goethe attends his lectures, 34.

Böhme, Frau, her influence on Goethe, 34, 36.

Boie, H.C., his description of Goethe, 241.

Bonn, 231.

Brentano, Peter, married to Maxe von la Roche, 186;
Goethe's relations to him, ib.;
his traits assigned to Albert in Werther, 191.

Brion, Friederike, Goethe's relations to her, 96-101;
his poems inspired by her, 105-108;
Goethe's remorse for parting from her, 117, 118;
nature of Goethe's love for her, 249 note.

Brion, Pastor, father of Friederike Brion, 96.

Byron, Lord, resemblance of his career to Goethe's, 26, 27, 29;
referred to, 168.

Buff, Charlotte (Lotte), loved by Goethe, 147;
his relations to her, 147-151;
her displeasure with Werther, 198.


Carl August, Duke of Weimar, his intercourse with Goethe, 242;
meets Goethe at Carlsruhe, 272;
visits Frankfort and invites Goethe to Weimar, 283-284.

Carlsruhe, 272.

Carlyle, Thomas, 181.

Chateaubriand, 249 note.

Claudine von Villa Bella, play by Goethe, 263-265.

Clavigo, play by Goethe: its origin, 200, 201;
argument of it, 202-204;
its classical form, 205.

Clavigo, character of, compared with that of Goethe, 206-208.

Clodius, Professor in Leipzig; Goethe attends his lectures, 34.

Coblenz, 230.

Cologne, 235, 236.

Cologne cathedral, 235.

Constantin, brother of Carl August, 242.


Darmstadt, 272.

Darmstadt, Court of, the coterie associated with it, 136, 138;
its influence on Goethe, ib.

Das Jahrmarktsfest zu Plundersweilern, satirical play by Goethe, 169, 170.

Daudet, Alphonse, 180 note.

Delf, Mademoiselle, effects the betrothal of Goethe and Lili Schönemann, 268;
suggests to Goethe a substitute for Lili, 286.

Der Ewige Jude, poetic fragment by Goethe: its origin, 212-215;
account of it, 216-218.

Der König von Thule, poem by Goethe, 236.

Der Untreue Knabe, poem by Goethe, 236.

Der Wanderer, poem by Goethe, 140-142.

Deserted Village, translated by Goethe, 146.

Die Laune des Verliebten, play by Goethe: its argument, 51, 52.

Die Mitschuldigen, play by Goethe: its argument, 52, 53.

Diné zu Coblenz, poem by Goethe, 230, 231.

Disputation of Goethe for the Licentiate of Laws, 114.

Dresden, Goethe's secret visit to, 46.

Düsseldorf, 231, 235, 236.


Edwin and Angelina, Goldsmith's ballad, suggested Goethe's Erwin und Elmire, 256.

Egmont, play by Goethe, 284;
quoted by Goethe on his proceeding to Weimar, 287;
manuscript of, taken to Weimar by Goethe, 287.

Ehrenbreitstein, 155.

Einsiedeln, 278.

Elberfeld, 231.

Elysium, an Uranien, ode by Goethe, 138.

Emerson, quoted, 106, 107.

Emmendingen, 272.

Ems, 225.

English literature, its influence on Werther, 187, 188.

Ephemerides, Diary kept by Goethe, 102;
quoted, 211 note;
referred to, 212.

Erwin und Elmire, vaudeville by Goethe, 255-257.

Euripides, 173.


Fahlmer, Johanna, letter of Goethe to, 248 note.

Flachsland, Caroline, member of the Gemeinschaft der Heiligen, 136;
her letters describing Goethe, 137, 138;
his ode addressed to her as Psyche, 138;
on Goethe's ambition to be a painter, 164;
character in Das Jahrmarktsfest, 170;
in Pater Brey, 171;
in Satyros, 172.

Flaubert, 180 note.

Frankfort-on-the-Main, Goethe's birthplace, description of: its influence on Goethe, 2, 3;
Goethe's return to, 109;
Goethe's distaste for, 111.

Frankforters, Goethe's description of, 161.

Frankfurter Gelehrten Anzeigen, journal expounding the aims of the Sturm und Drang movement, 164, 165.

Frederick the Great, Goethe's admiration for, 18, 19.

French literature, its domination in Germany; imitated by Goethe, 49, 75.

French troops in Frankfort, 19-21.

Friedberg, 239.


Gedicht der Ankunft des Herrn, another title for Der Ewige Jude, 216.

Gellert, Professor, German poet resident in Leipzig, 32;
Goethe attends his lectures, 34.

Gemeinschaft der Heiligen at the Court of Darmstadt, 136.

Göchhausen, Fräulein Luise von, and the manuscript of the Urfaust, 288 and note.

Goethe, Cornelia, Goethe's sister: her character, her influence on Goethe, Goethe's affection for her, 10, 11;
his letters to her from Leipzig, 40, 41;
her father's hardness to, 59;
her home influence, 116;
stimulates Goethe to write Götz von Berlichingen, 121;
married to J.G. Schlosser, 162;
Goethe's last meeting with her, 273-274.

Goethe, Elizabeth, Goethe's mother: her character, her relations to her son, 8-10;
her religion, 15.

Goethe, Johann Kaspar, Goethe's father: his character, not in sympathy with his son, his method of education, 6-7;
determines, against his son's will, to send him to University of Leipzig, 23, 24;
his severity towards his daughter, Cornelia, 59;
estrangement from his son, 60;
his pride in his genius, ib.;
his son's characterisation of him, 161;
his republican opinions, 243;
objects to his son's intercourse with Carl August, Duke of Weimar, 244;
his opposition to his son's going to Weimar, 285;
wishes him to go to Italy, ib.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang, his birth in Frankfort-on-the-Main, 4;
influence of his birthplace, 2, 3;
influence of the period on his development, 4-6;
his debt to his father, 6-7;
to his mother, 8-10;
relations to his sister, 10-11;
his education, 14;
religious influences, 14-17;
influence of the French theatre in Frankfort on him, 20, 21;
in love with Gretchen, 22, 23;
father resolves to send him to the University of Leipzig, 24;
his characteristics as a boy, 25-27;
his early devotion to poetry, 28;
his stormy career throughout his youth, 29;
goes to the University of Leipzig, 31;
his studies there, 33-35;
influence of Leipzig society on him, 35-38;
influence of Frau Böhme on his character and literary tastes, 36;
falls in love with Käthchen Schönkopf, 38;
friendship with Behrisch, 39, 40;
a jealous lover, 43, 44;
artistic studies, 45;
influence of Friedrich Oeser on his artistic ideals, 46, 47;
Neue Lieder, 49, 50;
Die Laune des Verliebten and Die Mitschuldigen, 51-53;
his ideas of poetry, 54-57;
returns to Frankfort, 57;
his unsatisfactory condition of mind and body, 57, 58;
estrangement from his father, 60;
his interest in religion, 60-67;
influence of Fräulein von Klettenberg, 62-64;
his dangerous illness, 63, 64;
works out a creed of his own, 65, 66;
mystical and chemical studies, 66;
interests in art and literature, 69-71;
departs for the University of Strassburg, 74;
influence of Strassburg society, 76, 77;
finds a mentor in Dr. Salzmann, 79, 80;
acquaintance with Jung Stilling, 81-83;
influence of Herder, 83-93;
inspired by Strassburg Cathedral, 93-95;
his love experiences with Friederike Brion, 95-102;
his manifold interests in Strassburg, 102-104;
development of his poetic gift, 105;
lyrics to Friederike, 105-108;
returns to Frankfort, 108;
state of mind on his return, 110-113;
continued estrangement from his father, 114, 115;
his sister Cornelia, 116;
makes acquaintance with the brothers Schlosser, ib.;
his distraction in Frankfort, 118-120;
admiration of Shakespeare, 121;
writes Götz von Berlichingen, 122;
makes acquaintance with Merck, 132;
comes under the influence of the Darmstadt circle, 136;
his poems inspired by that circle, 138;
his visit to Wetzlar, 143;
his mode of life there, 144;
marks the acquaintance of Charlotte Buff, 147;
and of Kestner, 148;
his subsequent relations to them, 149;
characterised by Kestner, 152;
returns to Frankfort, 154;
conceives Werther, 154;
makes acquaintance with the family von la Roche, 155;
his relations to Frau von la Roche and her daughter, 156;
his unrest after his experiences at Wetzlar, 158;
his dislike of Frankfort, 161;
his solitude, 162;
uncertain whether he should devote himself to literature or art, 163;
co-editor of the Frankfurter Gelehrten Anzeigen, 164;
his Letter of a Pastor, 166;
paper on Two Biblical Questions, 167;
publishes the second draft of Götz von Berlichingen, 167;
writes a succession of satirical plays, 169;
his fragmentary drama, Prometheus, 175;
his fragment of a drama on Mahomet, 181;
produces Werther, 184;
his own character compared with that of Werther, 193;
his Clavigo, 200;
Goethe and Spinoza, 209;
his fragment, Der Ewige Jude, 212;
his intercourse with Lavater, 220;
with Basedow, 227;
with Fritz Jacobi, 233;
with Klopstock, 238;
characterised by Boie and Werthes, 241-2;
makes acquaintance with the Princes of Weimar, 243;
characterised by von Knebel, 244-5;
falls in love with Lili Schönemann, 247;
his songs addressed to her, 251;
relations with the Countess Stolberg, 253;
his infatuation for Lili, 254;
his succession of plays relative to her, 255-265;
shrinking from marriage, 267;
betrothed to Lili, 268;
persuaded of his mistake, 269;
sets out for Switzerland with the Counts Stolberg, 270;
his travels, 272;
visit to his sister, 273;
meets Lavater at Zurich, 275;
parts company with the Stolbergs, and accompanies Passavant to the pass of St. Gothard, 276;
returns to Frankfort, 278;
his relations to Lili on his return, 279;
invited by the Duke of Weimar to visit Weimar, 284;
opposition of his father, 284;
decides to go to Italy as the Duke's messenger does not appear, 285;
goes to Heidelberg on the way to Italy, 285;
appearance of the Duke's messenger decides him to visit Weimar, 286;
the Urfaust, 287-293;
characteristics, 293.

Goncourt, Edmond de, 180 note.

Götter, Holden, und Wieland, satirical play on Wieland by Goethe, 173, 174.

Gotter, F.W., friend of Goethe in Wetzlar, 146.

Gottsched, German poet resident in Leipzig, 32.

Götz von Berlichingen, drama by Goethe, 109, 113;
its origin, 121;
its plot, 123-126;
its characteristics, 126-129;
second draft of, 167, 168.

Gray, Thomas, 187.

Gretchen, Goethe's first love, 22, 23.


Hamann, J.G., the "Magus of the North," teacher of Herder, 86;
Goethe's interest in him, ib.

Hanover, 160.

Hasenkamp, rebukes Goethe for Werther, 232.

Haugnitz, Count, travels with Goethe to Switzerland, 270-275.

Heidelberg, 285, 286.

Hehn, Viktor, quoted, 139, 180 note.

Heine, Heinrich, 26.

Heinse, J.J.H., his opinion of Goethe, 237.

Herder, his Fragments on Modern German Literature, 48;
Johann Gottfried, 83-93;
his career, character and speculations, 84-86;
his admiration of Shakespeare, 120;
his opinion of Götz von Berlichingen, 145;
one of the editors of the Frankfurter Gelehrten Anzeigen, 164, 165;
as captain of the gipsies in Das Jahrmarktsfest zu Plundersweilern, 170;
satirised in Pater Brey, 171;
and in Satyros, 172;
letters of Goethe to, 268, 270.

Herrnhut Community, Goethe attends a synod of, 63;
dissociates himself from the community, 79.

Hoch auf dem alten Turme steht, lines by Goethe, 230.

Holy Alliance, 180.

Homer, Goethe's study of him, 145.

Horn, a friend of Goethe: his description of Goethe in Leipzig, 37;
quoted, 38;
quoted, 67.

Humboldt, Wilhelm von, his opinion of marriage, 101, 102.


Jabach, family of, 235.

Jacobi, Fritz, his horror at Lessing's approval of Spinoza, 180, 233;
his character and attainments, 234;
his intercourse with Goethe, 234-238;
letter of Goethe to, 267.

Jacobi, Georg, 235, 236.

Jean Paul, 26.

Jerusalem: his suicide prompts Goethe to Werther, 154, 155;
Lessing's esteem for him, 154 note.

Jung, Johann Heinrich. (See Stilling, Jung.)


Kant, Immanuel, quoted, 28;
quoted, 48;
his opinion of marriage, 101;
his judgment on the Sturm und Drang movement, 130.

Kestner, Johann Christian, betrothed to Lotte Buff, 148;
his character, ib.;
his relations to Goethe, 149-151;
his characterisation of Goethe, 151-153;
letters of Goethe to, 159, 160, 174;
his displeasure with Werther, 198.

Klettenberg, Fräulein von, the Schöne Seele of Wilhelm Meister, 15;
Goethe's intimacy with, 62;
her influence on his religious opinions, 63, 64, 66, 67;
letter of Goethe to, 77, 78;
her intercourse with Lavater, 225;
adviser of the Goethe family, 244;
her death, 245-246;
her affection for Goethe, 246.

Klopstock, his Messias, 238;
admired by Goethe, 239;
his visit to Goethe's home, 239, 240;
Goethe accompanies him to Mannheim, 240;
Goethe's opinion of him, 241 note;
visits Frankfort, 268;
Goethe meets him at Carlsruhe, 272.

Knebel, Major von, his visit to Goethe, 242;
his characterisation of him, 244;
letter of Goethe to, 280.

Künstlers Erdewallen, poem by Goethe, 184.


La Roche, family, its influence on Werther, 158.

La Roche, Frau von, Goethe's relations to her 155, 156;
letters of Goethe to, 162, 186, 187, 245 note.

La Roche, Herr von, 155.

La Roche, Maximiliane von, Goethe's relations to her, 157;
married to Peter Brentano, 186;
her relation to Werther, 186, 191.

Langer, his influence on Goethe's religious opinions, 58, 59.

Lavater, Johann Kaspar, his character, 220;
his intercourse with Goethe, 222-232;
Goethe's intercourse with him at Zurich, 275 and note, 280;
his Physiognomy, Goethe's contributions to it, 282.

Leipzig, description of, 31, 32;
Goethe a student there, 31-56;
called "little Paris," 32.

Lessing, his Laokoon and Minna von Barnhelm, 49;
Goethe's opinion of, 70;
his approval of Spinoza's philosophy, 180;
his opinion of Werther, 197 note.

Letter of the Pastor written by Goethe,

166.

Leuchsenring, his sentimentalism, 157;
his meeting with Goethe, ib.;
satirised in Pater Brey, 171.

Lilis Park, poem by Goethe addressed to Lili Schönemann, 266 note, 281 note.

Limprecht, Goethe's letter to, 76.

Lisbon, earthquake of, its influence on Goethe, 16.

Luise, Princess of Hesse-Darmstadt, betrothed to Carl August, Duke of Weimar, 272.


Mahomet, fragment of a drama by Goethe, 181-183.

Mainz, 244, 245.

Mannheim, 240, 272.

Maria Theresa, 18.

Mendelssohn, Moses, his relation to Spinoza, 180.

Mephistopheles, 109.

Merck, Johann Heinrich, friend of Goethe, 133;
his character and influence on Goethe, 133-135;
introduces Goethe to the family von la Roche, 155;
his visit to Berlin and return, 162;
one of the editors of the Frankfurter Gelehrten Anzeigen, 164, 165;
in Pater Brey, 171;
in Satyros, 172;
his mordant comment on Clavigo, 206;
comes under the spell of Lavater, 224;
meeting with Goethe in Mannheim, 272.

Milan, Archbishop of, orders Werther to be burned, 197.

Mülheim, 231.

Müller, Chancellor von, quoted, 44;
quoted, 58 note.

Münch, Anna Sibylla, suggests Clavigo, 201, 202.


Napoleon, and Werther, 192, 193, 199.

Neo-Platonism, 65.

Neue Lieder, collection of Goethe's poems written in Leipzig, 49.

Neue Liebe, neues Leben, poem of Goethe addressed to Lili Schönemann, 251.

New Testament, Goethe's study, 59.


Oeser, Friedrich, director of the academy of drawing in Leipzig: his influence on Goethe, 46, 47;
letters of Goethe to him, 67, 69.

Offenbach on the Main, 266, and note.

Old Testament, Goethe's study of, 16, 17.

Ossian, 187, 192, and note.


Palace of Art, Tennyson's, 294.

Paracelsus, Goethe's study of him, 64.

Passavant, Reformed Pastor, travels with Goethe in Switzerland, 276;
tradition in his family regarding Goethe, 278 note.

Pater Brey, satirical piece by Goethe, 170, 171.

Pfenninger, Heinrich, letter of Goethe to, 223, 224.

Pindar, Goethe's study of, 139, 145.

Plato, Goethe's study of him, 145.

Poetische Gedanken über die Höllenfahrt Jesu Christi, early poem of Goethe, 28.

Pollock, Sir Frederick, on "modern Spinozism," 180 note.

Prometheus, fragment of a play by Goethe, 174-180.


Rembrandt, Goethe's study of, 282.

Renan, Ernest, 181 note.

Richardson, Samuel, 156;
his Clarissa Harlowe, 188.

Riemer, Goethe's secretary, quoted, 33.

Robinson, Henry Crabb, quoted, 192 note.

Rousseau, 58, 112, 129;
Goethe's opinion of him, 152;
his Nouvelle Héloïse, 188.

Rumohr, W. von, letter of Goethe to him quoted, 56 note.


Sachs, Hans, Goethe's imitation of, 169, 214.

St. Gothard, pass of, 278.

Salzmann, Dr., Goethe's mentor in Strassburg: his character, 79-81;
letters of Goethe to, 99, 100, 119, 121.

Satyros, satirical play by Goethe, 171-173.

Schaffhausen, 275.

Scherer, Edmond, 6;
his estimate of Götz von Berlichingen, 128.

Schlosser, J.G., friend of Goethe, 116;
his impressions of Goethe, 142;
married to Goethe's sister, 162;
one of the editors of the Frankfurter Gelehrten Anzeigen, 164, 165.

Schmidt, Erich, his discovery of the Urfaust, 288.

Schönemann, Anna Elisabeth (Lili): Goethe's first meeting with her, 248;
beginning of Goethe's attachment to her, 249;
Goethe's lyrics addressed to her, 251-253;
Goethe's tribute to her in later life, 251 note;
Goethe sends his Stella to her, 263;
Goethe's strained relations with her, 267-270;
poems of Goethe addressed to, 276-278;
Goethe's relations to her after his return from Switzerland, 279-286;
her subsequent marriage, 286 note.

Schönemann family, 247;
their social position superior to that of the Goethes, 248;
intercourse of Goethe with them, 249.

Schönemann, Lili. (See Schönemann, Anna Elisabeth.)

Schönkopf, Käthchen, Goethe's love in Leipzig: her appearance and character, 38;
Goethe's philandering with her, 38-44;
Goethe's poems addressed to her, 42;
Goethe's letters to, 61, 68, 69, 138 note.

Scott, Sir Walter, his translation of Götz von Berlichingen, 131;
his writings influenced by it, 132.

Sesenheim, residence of the Brion family:
Goethe's visits there, 96-100.

Seven Years' War, its influence on the Goethe household, 18.

Shakespeare, Goethe's debt to, 45, 122.

Song of Solomon, translated by Goethe, 281 note.

Spinoza, Goethe's debt to, 45;
his influence on Goethe, 209-212;
Goethe and Lavater discuss his writings, 226;
discussed by Goethe and Fritz Jacobi, 237.

Stein, Frau von, quoted, 150 note.

Stella, play by Goethe, 257-263;
ridiculed in the Anti-Jacobin, 261 and note;
admired by Herder, 262;
its popularity, ib.

Sterne, 112.

Stevenson, R.L., his admiration of Werther, 200 note.

Stilling, Jung, friend of Goethe in Strassburg:
his career and character, 81, 82;
Goethe's kindness to, 82-83;
prank played on him by Goethe, 231;
his affection for Goethe, 246.

Stolberg, Count Christian, comes to Frankfort and travels with Goethe to Switzerland, 270-275.

Stolberg, Count Frederick Leopold, younger brother of Christian, 270-275.

Stolberg, Countess, beginning of Goethe's acquaintance with her, 253;
his letters to, 254, 255, 266, 280, 282 and note.

Strassburg, Goethe's residence in, 74-108;
description of its society, 75, 273.

Strassburg Cathedral, Goethe's interest in, and its influence on his development, 93-95;
Goethe's essay on, 94.

Sturm und Drang movement in German literature, inspired by Götz von Berlichingen, 130, 139, 140;
its aims expounded in the Frankfurter Gelehrten Anzeigen, 164, 165.

Sulzer, J.G., his characterisation of Goethe, 283.

Swift, his relations to Stella and Vanessa suggest Goethe's Stella, 261.


Tennyson, 294 and note.

Textor, J.W., Goethe's maternal grandfather, 18.

Theatre set up by the French in Frankfort, Goethe's interest in it, 20, 21.

Theocritus, Goethe's study of him, 145.

Thoranc, Count, commander of French forces in Frankfort, quartered in Goethe's home: his interest in Goethe, 20-21.

Turgenieff, 180 note.

Two Biblical Questions, piece written by Goethe, 167.


Urfaust, The, 287;
account of it, 288-293.

Ur-Religion, Goethe's conception of, 16.


Van Helmont, Goethe's study of him, 64.

Vicar of Wakefield, 96 note.

Voltaire, his criticism of Shakespeare, 70, 181 and note.


Wanderers Sturmlied, poem by Goethe, 139, 140.

Werther, 109;
analysis of, 186-200;
its influence, 196, 199;
public opinion regarding it, 196, 197;
prohibited in Leipzig and Denmark, 197;
burned at Milan, ib.

Werther, how far he resembled Goethe, 193-195.

Wertherism, 199.

Werthes, F.A., his description of Goethe, 241.

Wetzlar, Goethe's residence there, 143-153;
description of, 144;
its society, 145;
Goethe's flying visit to, 160.

Wieland, his translation of Shakespeare, 70;
one of Goethe's masters, 70, 71;
his description of Goethe, 98;
his opinion of Götz von Berlichingen, 129;
satirised by Goethe, 173, 174;
his Alceste, ib.;
letter of Goethe to, 185;
his approval of Clavigo, 205 note.

Wilhelm Meister, 21.

Winckelmann, influenced by Oeser, 46.

Wilkommen und Abschied, lyric of Goethe addressed to Friederike Brion, 107, 108.

Wordsworth, his remark on Goethe's poetry, 54.


Xenophon, Goethe's study of him, 145.


Young, Edward, his Conjectures on Original Composition: its influence on German literature, 90, 187.


Zelter, friend of Goethe, letter of Goethe to him, 193-194.

Zimmermann, J.G., his characterisation of Goethe, 283.

Zurich, 275;
lake of, 276.